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JRFI’Oil'i' ON HKTti IJNCHiMLNT.
APPFiNDIX.—(con mvv'kd.)
\ 1 fere follows Document (C.) being a Sum
mary »st.alenient of the moneys appropriated
imd expo led under the following heads of
appropriation during die years 1822, 182.3,
1324- 18.2(3. and 1327. It is full of
Tig-urcs and uninteresting Jo the general rea
<ier.j
i- e •. i ti'icf Mission to tut Congress of Panama.
Appropriation in lS2o #40,000 00i
expenditure made in 182d
d-* 187;
0.000 00'
17.053 52
Ra lance of
•71st n
sippopri iti« • •»
: 7.016 58
40.000 00
Signet;) Tkkasvk. 1J. c.vu'r:tr:;r.
/.'« trr.i Ofirc, Ahircli 5/A. 1828.
•i ASK PH NOWISE, Reg.
(D.)
Dt'PAur ik: t on srvir
»•> A.suivtsTo.v. 1 till March, 1(5 28.
lion C. x. WiCKi.irt <5cc. Ac.
cmh: lour letter t;i the t lilt insi. as
Chairman of a Sub-roinmiUee appointed
by iho Committee of the House of‘Repre
sentatives on Retrench;n nt, making certain
inquiries in respect of a remit ranee of #70.00(5
alluded to in my iett- r to the Chairman of
that committee of th 20th uiiimo, was re
ceived the day after its date, and 1 have now
the honor to communicate the following an
s;vor.
The practice of the T> apartment of^tatc'
i1 to employ two banking houses in Europe.!
of established or* Pit and character, one at
London and the oilier at \ mstoruarn, to pay ‘
the expenses of the ibroigri ss .wice of'the Co
vermnent, connected with our diplomatic
corps,consular and odicr pul:lie agencies.— ,
Tor the purpose of drdravintr those expenses,
remittances are mad •. from ;irne to 1 m:e. to.
t’re hrnherv, v/ho rogchudv account to the
Department. This ;u act ice is <:o ,.d with the
Government.
On the 5th clay of 'Ooconiber las; requbi
i!Air»\vcre made by this Deportment on the
i reasvirv, lor 70,0{ •; dollars ; ■> l>c remitted to
«>‘ir European banker?*. Tie communication
Minch \ made to the ('Iiairn;on of ihc Com
inillto on Eelrenrii'jf'at. ir respect to the
remittance, wan Conn.led on the dav when the
requisitions were ma !c at this office, and not
on Jiiot when ihc b;i!s were actually parchn.
sed at another office,or when they were trans
mitted t■ i Europe . 1 he j>mmpt attention
v. nd!> paid at th.p T.risun did not allow
ire ("> d<v,' • :eet. jn ;•>»• instance, the roiii.'—
'■itioir? i** 3 b<-on coivmfid wbl* without nn
«. c.-.v/tr ! lay If apic'ir •. in point offti'M.
tfojTt a sta’eirn tit iVoi*. th * Vn.-a nrv. imre
v.itii transmitted, designated JVo. I. that
•VlO/H/) wa. remitted, on tin- iTih day of
Ti -comber. 18.*7, end tp 1,000, on the 17th
day of .t . n try. Ik’ft. The total nmonnb
C70,(;< e-.je rval/.e to appropriation5*
made prior to that, or ihc service of I 'i JO.— '
The -am • hr ; • • :;r; rbnfcineni shows the I
heads of a:>p:: • j >:! :o : - on icrcoi’tit of wlti li '
the rumitbiiic'' !:a . been made, and the oh- .
j-'Ct ofpubh: • ndimre to which it is np
f:’ii ab] •, i !r- lv-»v ■; vriM ;rive credit. ;
* n’t!' ’ at.rotttd in tir i tipmI account enr
r f,e
j4roiR fbe time it; the : i- lO' t/erd j].,.
a ».vw? mn.ili aie i reqn* ..-.ions of the »>*.j,ns .
) . m‘ '• I i- ■ or -....i ‘’ n’ on which lj.nl,ij;.:
vcr» pen Vi • ■.< tie- oncer the oih« r '
mole <■ • V ■ fi: • • '•conn h Ip} •••!•• >-|
ib' ;f • : 1 i ■ a uiy.i fee Department
o; »!»* i‘ ' i •' ' i. • >. .iiij• •. and w pr<
i ed to it! ■ : n •■'•V ::ed, v. I h t‘c aluv.e •
i i ■0,,n!v t’exi . :J doihj’s. :;,•(] ji must
hilfb been •* >' iav - •, «v-i ; «>*jnf r.f appr.
1 * 1 *
|».'iatiou; made p: *-r to vear 1 ft..
< i-c ht; s!:er/>;< ro, {/run . 5 n-nsu. in ean
seqe 'f.eo ... ti;r - it; nations, •• is red \
ciul. by i.m that sum of £70.000. i
from tlio one period or the other, above nicn
f! • : - ('• t ,1 ftj; ■;
lance iuu.-vi he made in liic 3 car 1 t&iH, <jr, cu j
least, subsequent lotlwycar 1827. And in'
' any account exhibiting the actual oxpendi-j
.turos of the Department, they ought to be !
strictly charged to the year wh^n incurred, j
Sloping that the explanations and Treasu-!
ry Statement non- communicated, will afford j
t° yourself and 1 lie Sub-committee all t!ie in- j
formation requested in your letter,
j have the honor to he,
"With great respect.
Your ob’t serv’t,
‘ 1!. CLAY. I
[Here followo Ko. 1. embracing remittan-[
ces to Europe.]
(I*--)
’I ncasvky Dctau r;;r.r, i.
]!>gisf*;r's Office, ,1/hy 10, 18 23. 1
Sir: i have the honor to state, in reply to*1
your letter of the 0th inst., that of 70,000 oi l
remittances contained in the statement of!
the Chiol ('ink of this Department, the sum J
' of j%.3';,000 only is contained in the statement 1
■ of expenditures, as prepared at this ofiice ■
j on the March last, and that the balance j
of ,31,000 is a charge on the appropriations!
• that Department for the year 1820. ij
transmit, herewith, l*a statement of the sums i
remitted to Europe for the service of the l)c-i
i parimen! of State, betwt on the 7th clay ofj
( h*t.. and the last day of Dee., of the year!
18 2 j. and the sums remitted to Europe for i
the service of that Department, between the 1
same dates, in the year 1327. showing, in!
each ease, the periods when th8 Hlh rcinit
t. { became payable.*'
1 am, sir.
Very respe rtfully.
1 ear ob't servant.
.1 OS KIM I NOIJR^E %RcgiiiUr. \
• 1 Ton. «iamr.s ITamii.tox.
| [Here follows a statenfbnt of the sums re-1
iniitod to Europe for the. service of the Dc- i
part merit of State, between the 7th of Oc-j
j t^ber and the last day ol December of the
year 1 3 2 t. and the sums remitted to Europe
t'-r the service of that Department, between
tac same dates in the year 1 827; showing in
each ease the periods when the biils remitted
became payable.]
No. 3.
Tne as vuy T)erartme xt.
March 5, I82H.
Srn: ! had the honor to receive on the 14th
of last month, your lette*-of the 13th, addres
sed t«» me in pursuance o{ a resolution of the
.* ,'»mmittco on Retrenchment of the House of
Representatives, requesting to be informed
v ! emer. in my opinion, there be any officers
iu this 1 department whose services mnv he
u«s;>ensed with, without detriment to the pub
I.e interest, or it (lie salaries of any of them
cun be reduced, consistently with justice and
propriety; and, in general, whether any of the
expenses incident to this Department can be
reduced, without impairing the efficacy of its
operations.
In reply, I beg leave to state that there arc,
■I pre.-onf, ten officers annexed to this De
y art incut, viz: the Comptroller's, the Trcasn
r.w's.ihe Auditor's, the Register’s, that of the
f unntissioncr of the General Land Office,
trie Second t omptroller's, ihe Second Audi
tor's, the Third Auditor’s, ihe Fourth Audi
tor's. and the Fifth Auditor's.
rx hero have, heretofore, existed as appen
da.'.vs to die Department, tiie offices of As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury, Commis
sioner ol Revenue, Accountant of the War
Department, Purveyor of Public. Supplies,
Accountant oi the Navy Department, and
additional Accountant of the War De
partment—rd! o{ which have been abolished.
' "■ the b'n subsisting offices, above enu
merated. six have been coeval, or nearly so,
in ciibct, though not under the same names,
y >ih the earnest establishments of the Gov
crni:i ■ u!. 1 hose oi tlio ten that were crea
te-! last, viz: ihe Second Comptroller’s, Se
cond, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Auditor’s,
wore created* by the net of March the 3d,
I '•l .-, under a special report, embodying (he
raison- for the same, made to the Senate in
President Madison's time, (December 1C,
1 a 1C A by the Fxceutivc Departments. By
die same net. the offices of Accountant and
Addition: 1 Accountant of the AVar Deparl
rm n:. and Accountant of the Navy Depart
ment. were abolished. The further recom
mendations of that report, to establish an en
tirely new Lxeciitive Department, to he de
nominated the Home Department, and a So
iicit wship to the Treasury were not adopted
bv Congress.
O! iop o|jjr<->r*, therefore, who arc noxjr
nuxiiiar, i«> tiie ousiness ol ill is Department,
.there arc in mv opinion, none that ran be
.'ah nntngooiislv dispensed with,or whose sa
larii s c n bo vednerrl consistently with jus
t ire and propriety. They have all been cron
t< d l >; Congress, on full deliberation. Divi
ding (he time since the formation of the pre
sent Government into three periods, the first
from the 4th of March, 17P>9, to the close of
IP.OO: the second from the 1st of Jan., 1801,
to the rlose ol 1814; the 3d from the 1st. of
.1 an.. 181 h, to the close of 1827, and the aver
age annual revenue of the nation for the
first period is found to be #5,637,550; for the
second period. ,>414,000,1 for the third pe
v nd, #22,277,003. The averngcannual ex
pmdituri lor the first period stands at
-’0,830; for the second, at #17,612,434;
nr:. 1 for the third, at #27,998,460.
The various loans obtained since the for
: •; ' ion <>l die Government are not included
;:.u i .eeips of revenue. The expenditures
• mlirarc all payments on account of the
as well as Revolutionary as that con
tracted sine:; the purchase of Louisiana and
*' iorida. and other heavy payments for ob
oi-< n*>t belonging to the ordinary annual
expenses of Governnicfit. This progressive
increase ir, the public revenue and expendi
ture, the result o! the increase in the popula
tion, wealth, and general business of the na
tion, marks die necessity of progressive in
r'.f'ibh.bny'n* of this Depart
LiiQW; uuder liic-review of winch, «« to u com
mon centre, every item of revenue anti ex
penditure is brought.
How fat all the details of business in the
soxoral offices of the Department might he
curried on without detriment to the public
interests, after disjiensing with the services
of any portion of the clerks at present em
ployed in them, or how far the salaries of
any might be reduced, consistently with jus- j
bee and propriety; or, in general, whether;
the expenses incident to any of them could i
be reduced without impairing the efficacy of
t heir operations, I have not, on iny own view,
b'lt able to decide, without more opportuni
ties of investigation than I could command
at this season, or more delay than would bc>
compatible with the duty of affording the
committee a timely reply' But I called, by
letter, upon each of the officers charged by ■
law with the immediate direction of the bu- j
sincssof the ten offices in question, to make '
reporf tome under each of the points above
specified, and to do so in as full and precise
a manner as the terms and spirit of the res
olution appear to demand. Their reports
have been made accordingly, and 1 have the
honor to enclose them, herewith, numbered
from 1 to 10, inclusive.
Regarding the business of the chief office
of the Department, that of the Secretary, it
is my opinion that no retrenchments can be
made, with advantage to the public. On
the contrary, 1 take leave respectfully to
state, that l think the public interest re
quires that t lie re should be another princi
pal clerkship established in it. Resides its
own proper duties, which are ofdaily detail,
as well as extensive range, its duty ofsupcr
inlendanec over other offices of the Depart
ment is constant. ITencc, whilst each of
the other Executive T)epartmcnts has had
one principal clerk allowed to it, it has been
uic jJUM puur.y ui me UOVHlimoiU to aiiow |
to the Secretary of the Treasury two, from!
the more multifarious anti complicated struc-;
turc of the Treasury Department. The old:
act ot 1792 made provision for ttvoprincipal
clerks for the Secretary's office. Two were
also allowed during the incumbency of Mr.
Gallatin; each of whom, at the close of that
officer's service, received a compensation of
two thousand dollars per annum. Under j
the conviction that the business oft ho office
would go on more to the public advantage
in all respects, and especially as regards
promptitude and method, bv having two
principal clerks, instead of one, I asked the 1
Committee of Ways anti Means for an ap
propriation for two, in 1023. The appro
priation was not granted. The whole num
ber of the clerks in the Secretary’s office at
present, is nine. The number was six du
ring the whole of the first period of time in
dicated above, when the average annual
revenue of the nation was but a fraction
more than one-fourth of its present amount.
During a part of the first period, the office
also had attached to it an Assistant Secreta
ry. The act of the 7th of May, 132 2, which
provided that all moneys appropriated for
the use of the War and Navy Departments,
should be drawn from the Treasury by war
rants of the Secretary, under special requisi
tions, in every case, from those Departments,
instead of being drawn upon the Treasurer
in capacity of Agent csT those two Depart
ments, as had been t he case before, created
j of itself a considerable increase of clerical la
bor in the office of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, apart from the fourfold increase of
revenue.
It belongs to this communication to add,
tint, besides the recommendations for crea
ting new offices and a new Department,
contained in the report to the Senate by the
Heads of the different Executive Depart
ments, in 1813, and which was carried info
effect in part only by the act of 1817, as be
fore mentioned, Mr. Secretary Crawford, in
a distinct report to the same branch of the
Legislature, in January, 1810, recommended
the appointment of a Solicitor to the Trea
sury, in the strongest and most, unequivocal
terms. Hence, T feel the more fortified in
the opinion T presume to give, that therv’ are
no unnecessary officers in the Treasury now.
by referring to opinions, which have pro
nounced (on full examination more than ten
years ago) an augmentation of the prevent
number expedient.
1 11(1 V i; IHM. mat Uir rrsoiulIOu Oi
the committee was designed to embrace offi
cers at a distance, who arc under the direc
tion oft he Department, os the organ of the
President in executing the laws, t mean of
ficers of the Customs, and all other officers
engaged in the collection of the public revc-j
»tie in all the States and Territories of
the Union. If it were intended to give to
the resolution this scope, a reply to if
would call for investigations-the results of,
which could not. he obtained and digested,!
so as to present them in a shape that would j
| hold out any hope of being satisfactory or;
useful during the present session of Congress, j
Tt may bc*sufficicnt to remark, that these of-1
Geers have been created, their duties assign-i
j cd, and their compensations fixed, directly,!
I or indirectly, by the legislative power of the j
J country; and I am not, under the existing;
j information and lights before the Depart-]
I ment, prepared to express an opinion that'
I any of them could ho dispensed with, or!
i their compensations, or official expenditures,
I he abridged, consistently with the principles
; stated by the committee. In the extensive
ramifications of official duty, to which the
collection of a large revenue under nume
rous and complicated laws gives rise, it is
far from being impossible that abuses may
exist, calling for retrenchments at points that.
h thorough and searching examination
might disclose. The same kind of exami
nation might lead to the knowledge of eases
where the public interest, and justice to the
individual, would perhaps suggest the em
ployment of more officers, and w ith com
pensations more adequate to the labor per
formed hy them. On th« fast head, there
tLuvi; been Ootit cumpliiuuV uu<J rtgigjiuiKUis :
ol lute years. I allude more particularly to !
the Receivers of Public Moneys, and the Re- •
gisters, iu the land districts; a class ofi
officers exposed to much labor and respon
sibility, and who are sometimes stationed |
in parts of the country where tho expense of)
mainlining a family presses lieavilv,
l have the honor to remain.
With great respect,
^ our obedient servant, i
IUCIIARD RUSH. I
llonoiublc J. Hamilton, Jr.
Chairman Cam. on .Kclrnic/ancnf. Jf. R. U..S.
No. <3.
Navy 1)j:rautmknt, 25tli, Tele 1JJ28.
S^ir. 1 have had t he honor to receive your
letter ol the l:>ih instant, transmitting a copy
ol ti resolution adopted by the Committee on
Retrenchment.
: The Navy Register for 1S2S, which was |
; prepared at this oHice, and sent to the House i
jot Rcpi’esontativcs at the commencement of!
the year, and a copy ot which is now en
closed, exhibits the number and compensa
tion of all the officers who arc in any way
connected with, or under the control of. this
Department.
"'hey consist of Officers of the Navy, pro
! perly so called. Clerks, Navy Agents, Naval
i Storekeepers, Naval Constructors, and Mcs
! sengerr.
j To the lirst class it is not supposed that
! the present call applies. Should this sug
j gestion be incorrect, I will cheerfully give
j the opinion entertained on the questions in j
the resolution, as applicable to them; whir l) j
In ill however, he only a repetition of the!
; views heretofore presented in official reports t
from this Department. j
j J he Navy Agents, Naval Storekeepers,|
and Naval Constructors, arc located at j»la- j
Ices where such officers are indispensable; i
ami arc engaged diligently, in the perfor-j
manre of duties which must, from the ncces-i
jsitv of the service, be discharged. It is be-*
jlieved that an inspection of the Register will’
1 show that they cannot be dispensed with. !
j The only other persons under the control i
I of this Department arc the Clerks and Mes-j
: sengers. * i
x v-i.-nj.-su a copy oi a. lcucr atiarcssscd,
on tiio 31st January 1826, to the Hon. Louis
McLane,thcn Chairman of the Committee
ol \\ ays and Means, which presented my o
pimon of the duties, <fcc. of the clerks at that
time. I have scon no cause to change that
opinion. On the contrary, it has. been con
firmed by every day’s experience since; and
T hesitate not to declare it os mv conviction,
that public money wonld be saved, and the
public interest and accommodation promo
ted, if two or three clerks were added to the
number already in the Department. A de
lay ol a few days in answci ing a call of Con
gre.-s, in expediting a ship to sea, or in giv
ing a direction or order necessary to the pro-j
per performance of some prescribed duty,
will often occasion much greater loss of mo
ney than the amount of their salaries. The
business of the Department, in all its branch
es, is constantly increasing. The applica
tions for appointments, alone, have augmen
ted to such an extent, that more than one
half of the office hours of the Secretary, os-!
pcciallv during the sessions of Congress, is
consumed by visits from the applicants and i
their friends. One clerk is almost constant-!
ly employed in attending to the corrcspon-,
donee on this subject; nor is it perceived how [
tuis ran bo avoided, although in, nine cases]
out of ten, neither the calls nor the corres
pondcnce can lend to any valuable en... A
refusal to receive the visits, or to answer the
letters is uniformly followed bv complaint
and censure.
I bciicvc ii nns not happened for several j
rears past, that the Department has been a-;
bie to perform its duties, after the greatest
possible exertions and some delays, without
calling m the aid of extra clerks, who, being
ignorant of the proper manner of doin^ the
labor assigned to them, often cause delay
and inconvenience. Most of the duties per-!
formed by the c.lfcrks require not merely the
a.uhfy to write a good hand, and copy what
,ff placed beforedhem, but. information, in
telligence, sagacity, and experience.
I ha\e the honor to enclose a copy oft
a letter from the Commissioners of the Navy, |
as a part of this answer, and have only to j
add, that T know of no olficer in this Depart- i
inent whose services may, in my opinion, be;
dispensed with, “without detriment to the
public interest." !
Tim XT^vt.
i umMtis a Mai'. —'
mcolof the; salaries or compensation rccciv
ed by each officer, Their amount is fixed
bylaw, in nil cases except those of the car
penters, who arc omitted in the laws fixing
the pay of the A aval Store Keepers, and
Aa^al Constructors, which is determined
tinder the direction of the President, ac
cording to the labor and responsibility of
trie places where they are employed; and
petty officers, which is fixed by the Presi
dent, in virtue of the first section of the law
passed^on the 18th .April, 18Id. In my “o
010100,” the salaries of none of them “can
be reduced, consistently with justice and
propriety.' I have hitherto expressed mv
opinion,” that “justice and propriety” rr*
quire that the compensation of some of the
officers of the Aravy should be augmented.
I am in donbt whether the last inquiry, as
to“the expenses incidcnttothc Department,”
%% as intended to extend to the general opera
tions of the naval service, or to be confined
to tlie expenses of this office. If to the for
mer, I have respectfully, to refer to reports
heretofore made, and which have repeatedly
urged certain changes in the naval service, as
conducive to efficiency and economy; espe
cially to one to the House of Representatives,
dated 24th Jan., 182 1, 3nd two to the Senate,
of 1st Jan., 1825, and 12th Jan., 1828. I
believe thatthc plans proposed in those report
are calculated to lessen the r^Ypcrfses of iho.
srrvjve.
If the uupli ry be diKX'diu splely to libs <4
rice, my answer is, that the expenses of it
consist of the salaries before mentioned and
of the contingent expenses, which are an
nually provided for by an appropriation o.f
two or three thousand dollars.
This appropriation is designed to snpplv
stationary, blank and other books, binding
printing, maps, charts, newspapers, fuel, fur
niture, repairs, &c. die. and lias not herd —
fore been found too great, nor can it be “re
duced without impairing the efficiency of the
operations ’ of the office. The accounts of
the expenditure in each year are regularly
settled, under vouchers, at the Treasury Do
partment, and inay be referred to in the of
fice of the Register of th<^Treasure.
i have the honor to be,
Tory respectfully A.c,
‘ KAM’L L. SOUTHARD.
How .1 ames Hamilton', Jr.
Char/unn of the Cowiffid/f/! o>i Jictr^nchtnt]'^
^ of the H. of /?.
[to UK CONT1SU8D.]
MISCK'Llu.VNEOUS ARTICLES.
following is a comparative statement of tlie budgets
1 ri,n"e n"*l the United Starts for the year
Whole annual Kr^hvrf. France. U. Stain.
rxp.M.tv, .$237,000,000 $192,t>00,000 $22,700,000
Interest on the
deli!,
Animal payment
for the rrderv.p
li< ii of the debt.
Army expensrs,
N avy,
Population,
137,400,000 49,000,000 0,700,000
■..7.000,000 15,500,000 6,300,000
40.200.000 40,000,000 5,650,000
50.600.000 12.000,0o0 4.050 0< 0
21,000,000 _ 30.000,01*0 12,000,000
[.V. Journal >>f Commerce.
J.rpensn of (he J'reridcnt's Ifotoc.— Tim fnllinvic
stateinent copied from the Marylander shows what reli
anco ought to br placed in the charge of extravagance
made against Mr. Adams:
KXI’EXSES OF THE ERESIDKltT? HOVSK.
Tile appropriations for furniture for the President's
Ilottr.p, at Washington, during the different administrations.
have heei* as follows:
Mr. Jefferson** $29,000
Mr. Madison's 25 C0l)
Mr. Monroe’s ,5J,000
Mr. \^ms’ • n.M.v 6,000
These statements nre gathered from the otTiiial rcrip.N
and are u-ortli vc mem boring. — [ Cin ciana ti O'nref/r, J
i i»c* ] ttith, *r> o.fon niPntKiiiei! of late, is n river of JNTi,*;.
tlavia. running for the larsr half of it* course, !tt n south
easterly direction, and f,.r the other half, inairnnlkr^,
till it falls into »h«j Danube from f’0 to 20 miles above i;s
rroutlt. AV bile the Truth continues l»s south esstefTV
murfe, it divide*! ancient Moldavia nearly in half; after
taking its southern direction, it is the boundary between
that principality hlid the Russian provinces of UcssttrabiiP
As the Russian frontier now extends to the Troth, the j»rin»
cipalify of Moldavia Is no longer by the Dniester, a® it
appears in most maps, hut has the Truth for its nrnrtr.
eastern boundary, and the Russian nrinic* lie, u? jrresbnif,
cotin Poland, hot In $at part of Moldnvla, on the lelt
bank of the Truth, netjnired by Russia. The dlMnrw-c to
Constantinople from the confluence of the Truth am! Dan
ubn. ( to which point tire Russian frontier estemts,) i9 ahtmt
two hundred nrd fifty n»i1*rs by water* and fliree homftgrl
by land, In n direr.i Hits.
taherr.—Mr. Thomas Tyrrell, or Missouri, advertises
that a cancer upon his nose, which had been treated with
out success by Dr. Smith, of JY. Haven, ornl fhe ablest
snrgpoer it, the western rnuntry, had been cured in tin;
following manner: Uo was recemnrerirtrd »*tn use a strong
potnsh, made of the lye of jhe Ashes of Red Oak Bark"
boiled down to the consistence of molasses, to cover tl.V
cancer with it, and in nhout nn hour afterwards cover (Ifis
’i'nii n plaster of tar, which must he removed after a few
days, and if any protuberances remain i„ the wound, appl>
more potr.sli to then*, and the plaster again, until they oil
disappear; after which, heal the wound with any common
salte. ’ ^ Cautery and the knife had previously been used in
vain. ri"ljis tic iio.iot efleeted a ‘pet.ly and perfect emit.
• ar Picri\tj,vr.— Mr. Dyer, a cnoprr, heariitg t1it>
cry of n child, about 11 years old, which hnd fallen over
hoard at Kastport, (Maine) jumped into the water and wav
bringing it to shore, when a boat from the English br;g
Mmiod came to him when he was nearly exhausted, nod
rcli*ved hroi from his burden, fie returned to his wort.,
and when the l id \m< brought to lif.;, sr.mt after, he was
informed tlm* it was his otrn .torr.
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miiahle. The critical department wifi he found to drm
pretty severely with rucli things, v. briber in the shape e*
' an essay or a volume.
S- ere the establishment of the onr vear
"re..r has been the patronage extended to it'liy a liberal
public. Mini w- now print an edition of f.nfiO rot ien—
^atp! the it«t is rapidly iurrrnsip*. Subscribers cav ho
cnmplrte, for the fnst of Bln/.
lo_8. rhe embellishments to this woik ore. executed b,
the first artists. tie IS'o. issued on the Sd of .Slay, err
"...5 a splendid cnjravii-g of Harper's Ferry, Virginia: -he.
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litters must be post paid, nail inclose a year’s subscript inn
in advance. Editor? arc politely requested to exchange
with us. Address EDMUND MORRIS.
Philadelphia, May 4,1828. 38—6t
Valnablc Ifoanoke Lands for Sale.
rT*HE subscriber is desirous of selling his two tract* of
land upon the Roanoke River, in the county of
Mecklenburg, lying immediately at Feifd's Perry, 8 miles
below the junction of Staunton and Dan Rivers, anti
about S miles from Bojdton, Mecklenburg courthouse.
1 pc tivu tracts (Irctti r known by the nnmp of Felid's
arc supposed to contain about 1200 aerct;
<>1 which tlrero are 400 acres of as gnod lotv grounds as
any upon the Roanoke River. The high land l* of ex.
ceUctit quality. There is not a more valuable tract t,f
hiti'1 upon the River, of the same quantity. Tint cstata*.
will h'i sold separately or together, os nray suit the con
venience nf purchasers. Upon the estate there is an ex
cellorit fl'vclling house, of 6 rooms, nil handsomely fin.
isbed <>ff, and newly painted.
i of re are fi large barn*, »J of thum frame barns, lately
.nil-, an excellent granary, stable, and convenient ei.t
houses, Sec.
^hc terms of sal? tr:l) be arrcmmotla Urg.—GrtilTemcn
imposed to purchase valuable lands, arc Invited tO/Cmirr.
anti view fhc premises—make application to Capf. Sfe.
phen Ccdforrl of Charlotte, or Mr. James Daniel, of
Mecklenburg, who lives directly opposite to the estate,
in the absence of the subscriber, who resides on 'he trre
nUl7' n ss ™ 'VM* !’ B- BEDFORD.
Mount Parvn, May 20. gg_y2t
rrrrufM nt the Whig Office.